Slow Cooker Herbed Turkey with Gravy
If you’re looking for an easy way to serve a tender, juicy turkey dinner without the stress of roasting a whole bird, this Slow Cooker Herbed Turkey with Gravy is the answer!
Ingredients
- 3 poundboneless turkey breast roast (fresh or thawed, if frozen)
- 1onion (quartered)
- 1lemon (quartered)
- ½ cupunsalted butter (softened)
- 1 clovegarlic (minced)
- 1 tbspfresh thyme (or 1 tsp dried thyme)
- 1 tbspfresh parsley (or 1 tsp dried parsley)
- ½ tsppepper
- ½ tspsalt
- 1 tspground sage
- reserved gravy packet (from turkey package)
- 1 cuplow-sodium chicken broth (turkey or vegetable broth can be used)
- ½ tsppepper
- 1 tsponion powder
- 1 tspground sage
- 1 tspdried parsley
- 1 tbspdijon mustard
- 2 tbspcornstarch (to thicken)
Directions
- 1
Remove the turkey from packaging, but leave the netting intact so it holds together while cooking.
- 2
Pat it dry with paper towels and let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Reserve the gravy packet for later.
- 3
Place the onion and lemon quarters in the bottom of your slow cooker.
- 4
In a small bowl, mix softened butter with garlic, thyme, parsley, salt, pepper, and sage.
- 5
Rub the herbed butter mixture all over the turkey breast. Place the turkey on top of the onions and lemons.
- 6
Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours, until the turkey reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
- 7
Transfer the turkey to a platter and let it rest for 10 minutes before slicing. Carefully cut off the netting and slice into even portions.
- 8
Make the Gravy: Strain the juices from the crock pot into a saucepan. Add the reserved gravy packet.
- 9
In a small bowl, whisk together the broth and cornstarch, then stir into the saucepan. Add pepper, onion powder, sage, parsley, and Dijon mustard.
- 10
Cook over medium-high heat, whisking until the gravy thickens.
- 11
Pour the gravy generously over the sliced turkey.
- 12
For serving later, return the sliced turkey to the crock pot with the gravy and cover to keep warm.